We introduce a new method, differential language analysis (DLA), for studying human
development in which computational linguistics are used to analyze the big data available …

Over the last few decades developmental psychol ogists have made increasing use of the
study of language in their attempts to understand develop ment. One finds two major ways …

This book examines both classic and current studies that trace the development of human
language from before birth to the early childhood years. By focusing on areas of language …

Research on child language is an interdisciplinary enterprise, uniting the efforts of
psychologists, linguists, computer scientists, educators, neuroscientists, and communication …

The study of language acquisition has grown disproportionately as compared to other areas
of developmental psychology within the last 10 years. Research has proliferated because …

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities.
This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive …

Learning to talk is one of the most visible and important achievements of early childhood. In
a matter of months, and without explicit teaching, toddlers move from hesitant single words …

Developmental sociolinguistics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary framework that builds
upon theoretical and methodological contributions from multiple disciplines (ie …

Abstract Our book, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American
Children (Hart & Risley, 1995) was the first report of the voyage of exploration that we began …